Английская Википедия:Condor (APC)
The Condor is a 4×4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier originally designed by Thyssen-Henschel of Germany and manufactured by Henschel Wehrtechnik GmbH.[1] The first prototype was completed in 1978. The Condor was designed as a successor to its UR-416 APC. The upgraded Condor 2 was first sold in 2004. Today, the Condor is considered a legacy product of Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles, part of Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems Division.[2] The nearest vehicle to the Condor in RMMV's current product range is the Survivor R.
Design
The Condor is designed primarily as an APC but it can also be adopted for a variety of other roles including anti-tank, cargo carrier, command vehicle, ambulance, fitters' vehicle and reconnaissance vehicle. The Condor is based on the automotives of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog, the Condor 2 based on the Unimog U5000. The hull of the Condor is made of all-welded armoured steel protecting the crew from 7.62 mm armour-piercing (AP) rounds and 5.56 mm ball-type rounds, shell splinters and anti-personnel mines. The Condor is fully amphibious, propelled in the water by a propeller mounted under the rear of the hull. It is air-transportable in C-130 Hercules and in C-160 Transall type aircraft.[2][1]
In 2016, Deftech showed a working upgraded Condor prototype at the DSA 2016 convention.[3] A Condor prototype converted to serve as a logistics transport vehicle was unveiled at the DSA 2018 convention.[4]
Operators
- Шаблон:Flagicon: Kuwait's National Guard received 8 Condor 2 in 2010.[2]
- Шаблон:Flagicon: Malaysia ordered 460 Condor APCs in late 1981, with the last being delivered in March 1984.[2] Mostly retired. It's due to be replaced completely under the Next Generation Wheeled Armoured Vehicle Program.[5]
- Шаблон:Flagicon: Portugal has 12 Condor;[2] these are operated by the Polícia Aérea of the Portuguese Air Force. [6]
- Шаблон:Flagicon: South Korea, 2 Condor 1 (used in general hospital).Шаблон:Citation needed
- Шаблон:Flagicon: Thailand received 18 Condor in 1995,[2] these are operated by the Royal Thai Air Force.
- Шаблон:Flagicon: Turkey has 25 Condor (inactive; currently being retired).
- Шаблон:Flagicon: Uruguay has 55 Condor.[2]
Conflict users
- PKK-Kurdish Conflict
- Second Insurgency in Malaysia (1968-1989)
- Somali Civil War (Battle of Mogadishu 1993
- 2013 Lahad Datu standoff
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Condor in fiction
In the 1992 american film Fifty/Fifty (1992 film), three of Condor APC are used by fiction army in final scene, actually belong by Malaysian Army of Royal Armoured Corps and 19th Royal Malay Regiment who locate filiming in Penang,Malaysia.
In the 2023 Malaysian action biopic film MALBATT: Misi Bakara is used in this film about the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) from the Malaysian perspective after not being recognized by United States for 25 years and in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down (film).
See also
References
External links
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